Tuesday, January 16. 2007
More on the Endangered Utah Cactus
From the petitioners comes this bit of environmental news.
Can the BLM be trusted?
When it comes to supervising oil and gas drilling, no way.
The first two decisions involved other arms of the federal government telling the Bureau of Land Management that it was not adequately protecting endangered plants and animals on its lands from the impacts of oil and gas drilling.
Last Thursday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined that our petition to protect Pariette cactus under the Endangered Species Act did present substantial information showing that oil and gas drilling permitted by the BLM in the Uinta Basin may threaten the cactus, so now the Service will undertake its own review of the cactus's status.
When it comes to supervising oil and gas drilling, no way.
The first two decisions involved other arms of the federal government telling the Bureau of Land Management that it was not adequately protecting endangered plants and animals on its lands from the impacts of oil and gas drilling.
Last Thursday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined that our petition to protect Pariette cactus under the Endangered Species Act did present substantial information showing that oil and gas drilling permitted by the BLM in the Uinta Basin may threaten the cactus, so now the Service will undertake its own review of the cactus's status.
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